-506 AliUOKLTU.M AND FK I'TICETL M. PART JI1. 



CHAP. CX1V. 



01 THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER A'MPETK A'CE/t. 



Ittcntificati^i. Nutt. (ien., _'. -;/;.; Don in Kdinb. Nu\v I'tiil. .lourn., l^.'ii; Hook in Hot. Mag 

 t. i.'75S. ; LitKll. Syn.. -.-J4. ; Uart. Onl. Nat., ,-;7-'. ; Arnott in Eclinb. Em-yc., k'!'. 



6V. f //<//. o/'///r Order. Flowers semi-sexual. Sepals hypogynous im- 

 bricated scales, the innermost of which are sometimes petaloid. Stamens 

 equal in number to the inner sepals, and alternate with them ; anthers 

 ronndish, ^-celled, the cells distinct, bursting longitudinally. Ovarv superior, 

 seated in a fleshy disk, 3- (>- or 9-cel'ed ; ovules solitary, ascending. Style 1 ; 

 stigma radiating, the number of its rays corresponding with the cells of the 

 ovary. Fruit fleshy, seated in the- persistent calyx, 3- 6- or 9-celled ; the 

 coating of the cells bony. Seeds solitary, ascending; embryo taper, in the 

 axis of fleshy watery albumen; radicle inferior. Small shrubs, with heath-like 

 evergreen leaves, without stipules, and with minute flowers in their axils. 

 A very small group, comprising a few species from North America, the south 

 of Europe, and the Straits of Magellan. (Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Hot., \>.\\1.) 

 The fruit is in all a small berry. 



There are onlv three irenera, which are as follows : 



i"MPETRUM L. Calyx 3-leaved, coriaceous, with 6 imbricated scales at the 

 base. Petals ,'i. Stamens 3. Stigma (i 0-clelt. Berry depressed, 6 9- 

 stoned. Small, branchy, procumbent shrubs; natives of the north of 

 Kurope and the Straits of Magellan. Leaves alternate, linear tongue- 

 shaped, obtuse ; flat above, convex and marked witli a membranaceous line 

 beneath ; dark tureen, shining. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, dark red. 

 J ierries black or red. (1). l)n in Edhih. Xc/r I*hlL Jonr/i.) 



('(>KI:\M.\ D.Don. Calvx 3-leaved, membranaceous, naked at the base. 

 Petals.']. Stamens.']. Stigma G-elelt. Berry globose, 3-stoned. A small, 

 erect, branchy, rigid shrub, covered with resinous dots; a native of the 

 .south of Kuropc. Lc'aves scattered, linear, obtuse, spreading ; flattish above, 

 revolute on the margin. Flowers in terminal heads, sessile, situated on a 

 hairv disk ; white, large. Heads having villous scales. Berries white. 

 (D.'Dun in Kdtnh. Xnr Phil. Jonrn.) 



CKKATI'OI.A Rich. Calyx ^-leaved, membranaceous, with -I scales at the base. 

 Petals :i, converging into a tube. Stamens -2. Stigma (i-cleft. Berry 

 globose, <? stoned. A small, upright, branehy, rigid shrub; a native of 

 North America. Branches straight, simple. Leaves alternate, spreading, 

 needle-shaped, obtuse, ulabrous, shining, green ; marked beneath with a 

 narrow furrow; slightly canaliculate above; about J in. long ; sometimes 

 crowded, as if vorticillate. Floucrs axillary, sessile, numerous ('2 4), 

 rarely solitary; sometimes (like the leaves) vcrticillatc. Berries red,? 

 (D. 'Don in Kdinb. Xc/r I'liil. Jn/ir/i.) 



/,. Tin: CKO\\ in.KKV. l.'m. .S//.v/. Dia-Via Triandria. 



:,\:>. .In--., IiiJ. , M. Kr ., 107'J. ; Tourn., t. 41'!.; Lninb., t S03., Ga-rti 

 .on. aii'l f>r f I'll*, '' i ' 'k . in allusion to tht plnrc r.f ^r)\vth. 



